Research team

Below is a list of all individuals involved in the running of this trial:

Chief Investigator:

• Professor Andrew King, University of Manchester

Co-investigators:

• Mr James Galea, University Hospital of Wales (Deputy CI)
• Mrs Sharon Hulme, University of Manchester
• Mrs Louise Dulhanty, Salford Royal Hospital
• Professor Audrey Bowen, University of Manchester
• Mr Diederik Bulters, Southampton General Hospital

Trial statisticians:

• Professor Andy Vail, University of Manchester
• Dr Lesley-Anne Carter, University of Manchester

Trial Steering Committee members:

• Professor Paulus Kirchhof, University of Birmingham (Chair)
• Dr Jonathan Bishop, University of Birmingham (Independent statistician)
• Dr Barry McColl, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Claire Gibson, University of Nottingham 
• Mr James Walkden, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
• Professor Andrew King, University of Manchester (CI)
• Professor Andy Vail, University of Manchester (Trial statistician)
• Margaret McGrath (PPI member)
• Jill Langley (PPI member)

 Independent Data Monitoring Committee members:

• Professor Tom Robinson, University of Leicester (Chair)
• Mr Nitin Mukerji, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Miss Elizabeth Conroy, Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (Independent statistician)

Below is a list of all participating hospital sites and the principal investigators at each site:

• Salford Royal Hospital – Mr Hiren Patel
• Royal Stoke University Hospital – Mr Nik Tzerakis
• Royal Hallamshire Hospital – Mr Yahia Al-Tamimi
• University Hospital of Wales – Mr James Galea
• Derriford Hospital, Plymouth – Professor Peter Whitfield
• Southampton General Hospital – Mr Diederik Bulters
• Leeds General Infirmary – Mr Ian Anderson
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery – Mr Ahmed Toma
• Royal Sussex County Hospital – Mr Benjamin Fisher
• St George’s Hospital– Professor Marios Papadopoulos
• Queen’s Medical Centre – Mr Surajit Basu
• The Walton Centre – Mr Andrew Brodbelt
• Addenbrooke’s Hospital – Mr Matthew Guilfoyle
• Royal London – Mr Chris Uff
• Royal Preston Hospital – Mr Andrew Alalade
• Imperial College  – Mr Arthur Dalton
• Southmead Hospital – Mr Mario Teo